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July 28, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), Chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15) and Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-9) spoke at a White House event in honor of the first official World Health Organization (WHO)-sponsored “World Hepatitis Day.”


July 28, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and seven of the caucus’s Executive Board Members met with senior White House officials to discuss topics of high importance to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.


July 27, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and other Members of CAPAC released the following statements congratulating Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on becoming the first Chinese American to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to China. The Senate unanimously confirmed Locke by a voice vote earlier today.


July 26, 2011

Washington, DC — The U.S. Senate today confirmed Judge Ramona Villagomez Manglona to be the Judge for the U.S. District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands. Manglona will be the first person from the Northern Mariana Islands to be appointed to any federal court. She is also the first woman to be named as the permanent judge for the federal District Court in the Northern Marianas.


July 21, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), introduced and passed an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Act (H.R. 1315) to protect consumers with limited English proficiency from abusive lending practices.


July 20, 2011

Washington D.C.:  Today, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific Caucus addressed the media about the impact that the debt ceiling talks could have on minority communities.


June 29, 2011

Washington, D.C. – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) applauded the new draft standards released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for collecting and reporting data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status.

Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32), CAPAC Chairwoman:


June 23, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, on the 29th anniversary of the racially motivated murder of Vincent Chin, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) spoke out against a growing trend of anti-Chinese rhetoric in political ads that use Chinese language and imagery to portray candidates as sympathetic to China at the expense of American interests.


June 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressman Mike Honda, Chair of CAPAC’s Immigration taskforce, criticized Rep. Lamar Smith’s Legal Workforce Act for expanding the use of the error-prone E-verify program.

Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32), CAPAC Chairwoman:


June 14, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) spoke out against the second in a series of hearings on radicalization in the Muslim-American community convened by Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security. This hearing is focused on “The Threat of Muslim-American Radicalization in U.S. Prisons.”